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• M. Sokolov. Invariant summands of Turaev-Viro invariants.// Kandidatskaya Degree Dissertation Thesis. Scientific Advisor S. V. Matveev. Chelyabinsk State University (Russia), 1996, 107 pages. (Russian)

• S. V. Matveev, M. A. Ovchinnikov, M. V. Sokolov.  Construction and properties of the t-invariant.// Unpublished.

• M. Sokolov. On Turaev-Viro invariants for 3-manifolds.// VINITI preprint 583-B93 (in Russian).

• M. Sokolov. Calculation of Turaev-Viro invariants for 3-manifolds and solution of Kauffman-Lins conjecture.//  Theses of XXX International Scientific Student Conference. Novosibirsk, 1992, pp 82-88 (in Russian).

• M. Sokolov. On knot move "The Malta Cross".// Materials of Scientific Students Conference. Chelyabinsk, 1990, p. 49  (in Russian).